Griechenkirche zur Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit
The Griechenkirche zur Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit is Vienna’s Greek Orthodox cathedral, and it anchors a community that has roots here since 1787. That early presence traces back to Joseph II’s 1781 Patent of Toleration, which enabled non-Catholic worship under new rules. The architect of the 1787 building was Peter Mollner, but the church you see today is a Byzantine Revival redesign of Mollner’s structure by Theophil Hansen. Simon Sinas funded the project, continuing his long pattern of collaborations with Hansen in Vienna and Athens. The cathedral was inaugurated on December 21, 1858, and its interior became the seat of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Austria in 1963. This matters beyond its congregation: the cathedral sits within the Historic Centre of Vienna, inscribed by UNESCO in 2001 under criteria (ii)(iv)(vi). …
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